Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21443407t&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #214, #434.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.705
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
The New Worlds Observer, as a 4-m space telescope plus starshade mission concept, is one of several approaches to directly imaging and spectrally characterizing exoplanets in the habitable zones of nearby stars. Using feasible mission specifications we examine which stars in the solar neighborhood can be thus studied. We find that in a mission lifetime of less than 5 years a total of 35-40 habitable zones of nearby FGK stars can be searched for Earth-like planets, and those planets characterized. This holds in the case of exo-zodiacal dust levels ten times higher than solar. Zooming in on the most favorable stellar systems, we examine their unique characteristics and some of the challenges we can expect to face. Based on this study, we recommend a "preparatory astrophysics" roadmap for a successful seek-and-study mission.
Cash Webster
Glassman Tiffany
Lo Amy
Turnbull Margaret C.
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